Year of Release 2011

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Details Lipstick has a long and rich history since the beginning of civilization, ancient Mesopotamian women were possibly the first women to invent and wear lipstick. They crushed semi precious jewels like rubies and used them to decorate their lips. Cleopatra had her lipstick made from crushed carmine beetles, which gave a deep red pigment, and ants for a base. Lip coloring started to gain some popularity in 16th century England. During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, bright red lips and a stark white face became fashionable. In the 19th century, lipstick was colored with carmine dye. Carmine dye was extracted from Cochineal, scale insects native to Mexico and Central America which live on cactus plants. The crushed up bug carcasses were mixed with aluminum or calcium salts it makes carmine dye. In the early 1890s, Carmine was mixed with an oil and wax base. The mixture gave a natural look and it was more acceptable among women. At that time, lipstick was not sold in screw up metal tube; it was sold in paper tubes, tinted papers, or in small pots. The Sears Roebuck catalog first offered rouge for lips and cheeks by the late 1890s. Now, lipstick comes in numerous shades and convenient plastic and metal tubes that swivel to get every last drop out! Blue lipstick is perfect for fairies, aliens, lagoon creatures, corspes and mermaids!